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Yankees 6 @ Senators 5
Griffith Stadium
August 18, 1938

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Washington Senators and the New York Yankees, played on August 18, 1938 at Griffith Stadium. The home team Senators were bested by the visiting Yankees with a score of 6 to 5.

Game Summary

DateAugust 18, 1938 
Visiting Team
New York Yankees
R: 6 H: 10 E: 0 LOB: 13
Runs: 6
Hits: 10
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 13
Home Team
Washington Senators
R: 5 H: 12 E: 3 LOB: 10
Runs: 5
Hits: 12
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 10
Winning PitcherWes Ferrell  
Losing PitcherDutch Leonard  
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Game Winning RBILou Gehrig 

Game Info

DateAugust 18, 1938 
Day of WeekThu 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Yankees 
Home TeamWashington Senators 
Visiting Starting PitcherWes Ferrell  
Home Starting PitcherDutch Leonard  
BallparkGriffith Stadium 
CityWashington 
StateDC 
Attendance 
Time of Game2 hours 17 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill McGowan
1B: Bill Summers
2B: (none)
3B: (none)

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Frankie Crosetti  Shortstop 
Red Rolfe  Third Baseman 
Tommy Henrich  Right Fielder 
Joe DiMaggio  Center Fielder 
Lou Gehrig  First Baseman 
Bill Dickey  Catcher 
George Selkirk  Left Fielder 
Joe Gordon  Second Baseman 
Wes Ferrell  Pitcher 
Joe McCarthy  Manager 

Washington Senators Lineup 

Name  Position 
George Case  Right Fielder 
Buddy Lewis  Third Baseman 
Al Simmons  Left Fielder 
Zeke Bonura  First Baseman 
Cecil Travis  Shortstop 
Sam West  Center Fielder 
Buddy Myer  Second Baseman 
Tony Giuliani  Catcher 
Dutch Leonard  Pitcher 
Bucky Harris  Manager 

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Yankees 6 @ Senators 5
Griffith Stadium
August 18, 1938

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/18/1938, game 1 -- New York at Washington (D)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Washington         AB  R  H RBI
Crosetti F, ss        5  1  1  1   Case G, rf            6  2  3  0   
Rolfe R, 3b           6  1  1  0   Lewis B, 3b           5  1  1  1   
Henrich T, rf         6  0  1  0   Simmons A, lf         6  0  2  1   
DiMaggio J, cf        5  2  1  0   Bonura Z, 1b          4  1  1  1   
Gehrig L, 1b          6  0  2  1   Wasdell J, pr-1b      0  0  0  0   
Dickey B, c           2  1  1  0   Travis C, ss          5  1  2  0   
Selkirk G, lf         4  0  1  1   West S, cf            2  0  0  0   
Hoag M, lf            2  0  1  0   Myer B, 2b            5  0  2  1   
Gordon J, 2b          3  1  1  0   Giuliani T, c         3  0  0  0   
Ferrell W, p          4  0  0  0   Wright T, ph          1  0  1  1   
                                   Ferrell R, c          0  0  0  0   
                                   Leonard D, p          5  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     43  6 10  3                        42  5 12  5

New York         001 211 000 01 --  6
Washington       102 000 020 00 --  5

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Ferrell W (W)        11.0 12  5  5  5  2

  Washington           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Leonard D (L)        11.0 10  6  2  7  3

E -- Lewis B 3
DP -- New York 2, Washington 1
LOB -- New York 13, Washington 10
2B -- Case G, Gehrig L 2, Simmons A
3B -- Myer B, DiMaggio J
HR -- Crosetti F
SH -- West S
HBP -- by Leonard D (Gordon J), by Leonard D (DiMaggio J)
WP -- Leonard D
T -- 2:17
A -- 0

    

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